Will the mottling show?

[sekeyslaks]

Here is a better picture of my rooster.

 

[sekeyslaks]

http://www.edelras.nl/chickengenetics/mutations1.html
http://kippenjungle.nl/chickencalculator.html
These might help.

I already knew of the calculator but not the other link so that was very helpful thank you!

 

[ColtHandorf]

@The Moonshiner and @nicalandia and @Amer are good with genetics. I know that Speckled Sussex carry mahogany. That will effect the color of offspring depending on what he's paired with. I'll let the experts tell you what you might actually get though.

 

[ShrekDawg]

just a guess heck if i know

If you don’t know then why are you guessing? How is that helpful?

 

[NatJ]

I know that mottling in Speckled Sussex is recessive so his mottling won’t show up if I bred him with many of the breeds I have,but I do have both Speckled Sussex and Ancona hens I could pair with him.If I pair him with the Ancona’s will the resulting babies be mottled?or do Ancona’s have a different mottling?

Yes, Speckled Sussex x Ancona should show mottling.
There's just one mottling gene, so any mottled bird can be bred to any other mottled bird and get mottled offspring.

Well, technically there are several alleles at the mottling locus. But not-mottled is dominant over all the other forms, and you get some kind of mottling as long as not-mottled is absent. So for most purposes, you can treat "mottled" as a recessive gene that's the same in all mottled chickens. (Even when they are called Speckled Sussex or Spangled Cornish or Mottled Ancona or Millie Fleur d'Uccle or Golden Neck Old English Game Bantam. Or Pearl or Porcelain or... )

 

[Cecisflock]

If you don’t know then why are you guessing? How is that helpful?

well I guessed before the pic of the roo came through, before then I thought i WAS being helpful and now i'm just invested in the outcome

 

[ColtHandorf]

well I guessed before the pic of the roo came through, before then I thought i WAS being helpful

Googling an answer isn't guessing. And as we all know, everything you read or see on the internet isn't true. Better to let the people with real knowledge about genetics help out with stuff like this. I don't even try if it's not something easy like a gene diluting Black (Blue, Chocolate, Lavender). Patterns always mess me up.

 

[Cecisflock]

Googling an answer isn't guessing. And as we all know, everything you read or see on the internet isn't true. Better to let the people with real knowledge about genetics help out with stuff like this. I don't even try if it's not something easy like a gene diluting Black (Blue, Chocolate, Lavender). Patterns always mess me up.

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One can always learn and google is a good place to start!

 

[EmmaRainboe]

One can always learn and google is a good place to start!

Yes, but unfortunately a lot of things on google aren't true. Nothing wrong with trying to help but copying and pasting off google generally isn't helpful. If it were that simple I'm sure OP would have done that instead of coming here to try and get answers.

 

[Amer]

Yes, Speckled Sussex x Ancona should show mottling.
There's just one mottling gene, so any mottled bird can be bred to any other mottled bird and get mottled offspring.

Well, technically there are several alleles at the mottling locus. But not-mottled is dominant over all the other forms, and you get some kind of mottling as long as not-mottled is absent. So for most purposes, you can treat "mottled" as a recessive gene that's the same in all mottled chickens. (Even when they are called Speckled Sussex or Spangled Cornish or Mottled Ancona or Millie Fleur d'Uccle or Golden Neck Old English Game Bantam. Or Pearl or Porcelain or... )

X2 mottling will be expressed.
The birds will be mostly black with some red, and mottled of course.